gray birds in a sunny sky

This pair of earrings has two hand-folded miniature paper cranes in gray, lacquered for strength and durability (very sturdy! Carefully lacquered paper maintains a bit of flex, so they’re reinforced but not brittle), arranged vertically with glass beads (sky blue, sunny yellow, each bird sits atop a white-lined translucent bead), on stainless steel hardware. The wingspan of each crane measures just shy of ¾" (super tiny!), and the bottom of the earring hangs just about 1.5" from the earlobe. Paper cranes are lightweight but substantial, and a few glass beads give these earrings a real good dangle.

I dreamt I was a weary pair of birds in flight,
in a clear blue sky beneath two bright suns.
Half of me settled to rest atop the only cloud in sight,
and my other did the same, soon’s we found a second one.